Adjustable cap visor



June 11, 1935. w. H. DAVID 2,004,471

ADJUSTABLE CAP VISOR Filed June 8, 1934 \NVENTOR WILLIAM H. DAVID 2| Ticr. JM

ATTORNEY visor.

Patented June 11, 1935 23004471" v, ADJUSTABLE hanson 1 J c William David; Tot tenville,

I H Staten IslamLN. Y, Aera n-vim a, 1934.! sent 3 Claims.

The; invention relates to an, improvement in caps oi the type which-includeen: eye; shade of transparent or translucentsmaterial or; supplea.

mental; visor in. addition to the usual. opaque:

The primaryobjectof the invention; is to proe f vide a simplified" cap'off thetype outlined jdesigned, so, that normally: it, will haveathe appear;-

ance. of a cap of conventional design without: visible: evidence: of

ifieel to dispose a, supplemental visor or-eyeshadeinto; operativeposition to form a, colored trans parent or translucent forwardly proicoti-ngextension to: the regular visor-. 1

Another, and incidental; object of, the invention is to, provide for the effective concealing ofthe supplemental visor or eye shadewithout provid mg ,parts especially designed for this purpose and: in, general, to, providerneans for concealing the eye shade, without modifying the conventional cap construction for this purpose,

"S ill another: object or the invention is to pror vide a simplified means fonfixedly retaining the, supplemental visor; or eye shadein both itSfCOIlcealed and in: itsproiected operative1108 0 Broadly these objectsareqattained simply by; adding oneor more snap fasteners tov the usual single snap fastener at of the fixed visor overlapped thereby andto- :provide; a flat or arch, shape eye shade or supplemental visor of crescentform; et materials usually employedyfor this. purpose,

db mn monopenings, each" set. located to accommodate {the fastening-means and; with the openings; so 10,-: cated that when the fastening means engages the a forward set of openings, the eye shade is congealed-in the. pocket-formed between the ,finedgvisor and the; crown, and when engaged in the oth er set otopenings, that. is, the rear set of; openings. the, eye} shade projects forwardly ,iuits operatiyepositioni a 3 1 varioushother objects, andadvantages of the invention will] be in part obvious from. an in:

, spe'ctibn of the accompanying drawing; and in part will be more fully set forthin the fol 'lowling particular description of one form of cap embodying the invention, andthein-vention also consistsin cert innwan'd novel features of construction and combinationof parts hereinafter setiforth-and claimed. 1 a a l i it .Intthe. accompanying drawing: a i Fig. 1 is a plan view looking down upon a proferred embodiment of the invention and, with the forward portionof; the ;crown of the cap broken awayto show inifull lines the eye shade in its normal concealed position and showing in pro-1 its eye; shading characterise. tics and which can be readily and quickly mode present employed for securing the forwardly extending portion of the, hat crown to the portion inJplan and made of celluloid or oththe same with two sets of edge 24. The openings of t2a5ai (onc -i0 H I looted-dotted outline the eye shade,

wardly extending, operative position;

Fig; 251%! a with its forward portion showing a vertical? sec-. ional new:

concealed position;

liigg;. 3:"is;a, View in.- pla n of the eyeis h ade detached from the cap and forming-a separate article; of: manufacture; and

4; is. arear= edge ViEWi of,

shown in the precedingfigures.

rim 21. forward; portion of the rim rigid and opaque visor l3 wardly extending portion portion 14 l5. incite. oyerlappingaengagement with the-"visor l3; and thefportions: M and central portions by means Projecting 1 from the M1 of the crown. The

of snap fastener ti.

tures, inzthe providingof is its at.

takenonthe IineaZwZ through the canshowrr inFig. liandwith the eye shade in its 1 is the fixed relatively overlapped by a tor-H forms afl'at. crescent-shaped pocket 0 J tharesecured'at their cap distinguishes from. conventional struc- I two; additional snap a fvieiv mainlyqin side elevation and the eye shade In; the drawing there disclosed a, cap. in of" somewhat conventional tormsincluding a crown. portion. l "and; a

of' the central fastener U6. 1 It isherein suggested, I however, that while at leastVtwofasteners are desired; in order" scope; of this disclosure to! omitthe central snap fastenerhlfiandto depend solely upon the cue sidesnap fasteners Handw to secure the parts inplace'; if v 1: V

An eye shade w sometimes herein referred to 2, i The eye shade is provided with two sets of openings, an advance set not in useas shown in to prevent shifting or the supplemental' visor: herein featured, it is within the 24. adjacent the conveirforward edge 23, and asecond, rear set 22 adjacent "the concaved rear each setare so spaced circumferentially that thesnap fastenersl-B, H, Hi are passedctherethrough so as tosecure the crown portion to the visor 1 i3. It is understood of the snap fastenersthat one element, for instance the postelement I5, is secured; to and pro jocts above the top. of the visor 13 back of its forward edge 26 and its companion eyeel'ement 27 to theZundersidewof the forwardly: extending nortionplt I x '1, a

i It: will be'understoodthat the cap can be used as sucheither with the eye shade entirely re- 1movedor locatedin theconcealedtposition shown inm ini esinpia ,1. ,QWhBXlifi is desired .touse the eye shade, the elements of thesnapfasteners are separated, the portion l 4' elevated thus ex-' posing the pocket I5. The shade I9 is withdrawn from its concealed position if contained in the pocket, or is taken from the coat pocket, automobile pocket, golfers kit, or other location where it is usually contained, and located with its rear portion within the pocket, its forward edge 23 positioned to extend beyond the advance edge 26 of the fixed visor and with the elements of the snap fastener carried by the visor projecting upwardly through the set of openings 22as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l. I

The forward portion 14 of the cap is then lowered and replaced over the rear portion of the shade and the companion elements of the snap fasteners interengaged. This will have the effect ofsecuring the supplemental visor in its forwardly projecting position and the supplemental visor thus in effect becomes a fixed part of the fixed visor.

Should it be desired to conceal the visor when not further needed, the forward portion of the crown is elevated to separate the elements of the snap fasteners, the eye shade is lifted from its forwardly extending position and relocated rear 3 wardly of the pocket with the fastening elements extending through the forward line of openings 2!, after which the forward portion [4 of the crown is replaced, the elements of the snap fasteners again engaged and the supplemental visor is thensecured out of sight and fixed in position again to form in effect a fixed part of the fixed visor.

By means of a device of this character it is possible to provide a sun shade type of cap which. may be constructed economically from conventional designs as it possesses over known forms simply a couple of additional snap fasteners and a thin sheet of celluloid; The addition of the sun visor in no material way adds weight nor does it tend to distort the configuration of conventional forms of caps of the type herein disclosed. There is particularly featured the advantages of providing a cap which to all outward appearances is simply a cap of conventional design and construction but which can be easily and quickly changed to a cap which has the advantages of providing an eye shade as a structural part thereof. It is obvious- 1y within the scope of the disclosure to providemore than the two'sets of openings herein disclosed to provide anydesired number of adjustable positions shouldmore than one projected position be desired. While a pin and slot form of connection is, suggested to provide for adjustability in locationof the visor, these slot arrangements have the disadvantage in that the slot weakens the construction of the eye shade and requires some form of clamping means to secure the visor in adjusted position, thus adding to the expense and necessitating a fastening means more cumbersome than the simple snap fasteners herein disclosed.

With the device herein described the visor is definitely fixed in both its concealed and extended positions and can be readily removed. The disclosure particularly features a construction in which the cap is maintained in its balanced and trim form as if the eye shade were not present.

While there has been shown, described and pointed out in the annexed claims, certain novel features of the invention, it will be understood that various omissions, substitutions and changes in the form and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A cap comprising a crown and rim portion of flexible material, the crown portion including a forward projection, a fixed visor secured to the front edge of the rim, projecting forwardly there'- from, overlapped entirely by the forward projection and being relatively rigid and opaque, the

fixed visor and forward projecting portion of the crown coacting to form therebetween a flat crescent-shaped pocket, a second adjustable eyeshading visor of transparent or translucent material having a similar crescent shape and of a size to fit completely in the pocket and having two operative positions, in one position contained entirely in said pocket and thus concealed from view so that the cap will appear to be of conventional construction and in the other position having its rear portion only contained in said pocket and its forward portion projecting beyond the fixed visor to form at will a transparent or translucent edge forming an eye shade extending beyond the fixed visor, means within the pocket for selectively securing the adjustable visor in its two operative positions, said means comprising two sets of openings extending through the adjustable visor with one set in advance of the other and a set of snap fasteners, one for each opening of the sets and each of said fasteners having an element thereof secured to the fixed visor and its companion secured to the forward portion of the crown and adapted to be passed selectively through its associated opening in one of the sets.

2. A cap of conventional design including a fixed visor and a crown portion overlapping the visor and forming a pocket between the visor and the part thereof overlapped by the crown portion, a plurality of circumferentially spaced and readily detachable fastening means for securing together the visor and overlapping portion of the crown and a separate eye shading visor comprising solely a thin sheet of non-opaque material having a plurality of openings one for each fastening means extending therethrough and otherwise free of fastening means, said separate visor adapted to be located with its rear edge in said 3. The combination with a cap including a fixed visor and a forward crown portion overlapping the fixed visor, a plurality of spaced apart snap fasteners for securing the crown portion to the fixed visor, of a separate visor for the cap, said visor provided with two sets of openings with the opening in each set arranged in an arc, one set located in advance of the other and each set including one opening for each snap fastener, said separate eye shading visor when located with the snap fasteners engaging the forward set, of openings being entirely concealed between the cap crown and fixed visor and when located with the snap fasteners engaging in the rearmost set of openings projecting forwardly beyond the fixed visor and in both positions fixedly located relative to the cap.

' WILLIAM H. DAVID. 

